But others protest the visit, calling the senator and Steve King 'crazy.'

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Oct. 26, 2013

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U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz used a shotgun to bag some pheasants Saturday morning before heading home rated as a top-notch 2016 presidential prospect by folks in this stronghold of Iowa's Republican Party.

The Texas politician, who spoke Friday night at a GOP dinner in Des Moines, spent the morning of Iowa's pheasant-hunting season opener in the field with U.S. Rep Steve King. Cruz then headed to the Le Mars Convention Center in the afternoon, where he addressed a sold-out fundraising luncheon for the Republican congressman.

Cruz, a Harvard-educated lawyer who arrived in Washington, D.C., only 10 ...